Julius Okiemute

“August evenings on the peninsula were long, the sun lazing down the western horizon as if it had all the time in the world to go to its rest.”
― Louisa Morgan, The Witch's Kind

“We usually think about our memory as a single, monolithic thing. It’s not. Memory is more like a collection of independent modules and systems, each relying on its own networks of neurons.”
― Joshua Foer, Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything

“Good morning, sweetheart."
"I like that," I say quietly, smiling even though he can't see it. "I like it when you call me sweetheart."
He laughs then, his shoulders shaking as he does. He rolls onto his back, arms stretched out at his sides.
God, he looks so good without his clothes on.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Ignite Me

“Stojanka joj gleda ruke i drago joj što Sofija ume da kruni. Ne zato što će joj krunjenje trebati u životu, nego zato što svakom treba da ume. Bilo šta. Pa i da kruni kukuruz.”
― Vladislava Vojnović, Kozje uši